96th Oscars Nominations Transcript

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Live from Beverly Hills, California, please welcome the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Janet Yang.

Good morning from Los Angeles, and for those who are watching around the world, good afternoon and good evening. Welcome to one of the most exciting days of the year, the Oscars nominations announcement. With our membership of nearly 11,000 film industry artists and leaders, our acclaimed film museum and collection, and our world renowned awards, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, the Home of Global Cinema. We recognize and celebrate all aspects of the film industry and the diverse, talented individuals who make movies. The Oscar nominees in almost every category were voted upon by peers in their branch. Actors vote for actors, film editors vote for film editors, costume designers for costume designers, and so on. Best picture nominations, however, are determined by all Academy members.

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This year we had incredible voter turnout with ballots cast from a record-breaking 93 countries. Today, we are thrilled to announce what our members feel are the best cinematic achievements of 2023. And now it is my pleasure to introduce our hosts who will announce the nominees, actress Zazie Beetz, and actor Jack Quaid.

Hello everyone. I am so honored to be here. How about you, Zazie?

Yeah, I’m super honored to be here. 93 countries, and standing here now is such a surreal experience. My little girl self is so excited to be here. Honestly, my adult self is really excited to be here.

For anyone in the film industry, no matter where you’re from, to be recognized by the academy is a dream come true.

To be nominated can be life changing, so let’s get into it.

Okay.

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For best performance by an actor in a supporting role, Sterling K. Brown in American Fiction, Robert de Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon, Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer, Ryan Gosling in Barbie, and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Thing.

Next, the nominees for Achievement in Costume Design, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, Oppenheimer, and Poor Things.

The nominees for Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling are Golda, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Society of the Snow.

Now this year’s nominees for Best Live Action Short Film, The After, Invincible, Night of Fortune, Red, white, and Blue, and the Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.

For Best Animated Short Film, the nominees are Letter to a Pig, Ninety-Five Senses, Our Uniform, Pachyderme, and War is Over Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko.

And now we have the first of the two award categories, honoring writers. First for Adapted Screenplay, the nominees are American Fiction, written for the screen by Cord Jefferson, Barbie, written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Oppenheimer, written for the screen by Christopher Nolan, Poor Things, screenplay by Tony McNamara and The Zone of Interest, written by Jonathan Glazer.

And for Original Screenplay, the nominees are Anatomy of a Fall, screenplay, Justine Triet and Arthur Harai, The Holdovers, written by David Hemingson, Maestro, written by Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, May December, screenplay by Sammy Birch, story by Sammy Birch and Alex Mechanik, and Past Lives written by Celine Song.

Last before our break, the nominees for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Emily Blunt in Oppenheimer, Danielle Brooks in the Color Purple, America Ferrera in Barbie, Jodie Foster in Nyad and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers. Congratulations to the nominees and there are more to come.

Stick with us. We will be right back with more nominations.

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Welcome back live.

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Welcome back, guys. Live from the Academy in Beverly Hills, where we have the privilege of announcing the nominees for the Oscars.

What an exciting lineup so far. What’s up next?

The nominees for Achievement in Music, Original Song, the Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot, I’m Just Ken, from Barbie, It Never Went Away from American Symphony, Wahzhazhe A song for My people from Killers of the Flower Moon, and What Was I Made For from Barbie.

Next up, the nominees for Achievement in Music, Original score, American Fiction, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer and Poor Things.

And now the nominees for Best Documentary Feature Film, Bobby Wine, the People’s President, the Eternal Memory, Four Daughters, To Kill a Tiger and 20 Days in Mariupol.

Next for best Documentary Short Film, the nominees are The ABCs of Book Banning, The Barber of Little Rock, Island in Between, The Last Repair Shop and Nai Nai & Wai Po.

For best international feature film, the nominees are Io Capitano, Italy, Perfect Days, Japan, Society of the Snow, Spain, The Teacher’s Lounge, Germany, and The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom.

And for best Animated Feature Film, here are the nominees, The Boy and the Heron, Elemental, Nimona, Robot Dreams and Spider-Man: across the Spider-Verse.

Here are the nominees for Achievement in Production Design. Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, Oppenheimer and Poor Things.

Next up for Achievement in Film Editing, the nominees are Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer and Poor Things.

And for Achievement in Sound, here are the nominees. The Creator, Maestro, Mission Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One, Oppenheimer and the Zone of Interest.

Next, the nominees for Achievement in Visual Effects. The Creator, Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Mission Impossible, Dead Reckoning Part One, and Napoleon.

For Achievement in Cinematography, the nominees are El Conde, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer and Poor Things.

For Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Bradley Cooper in Maestro, Colman Domingo in Rustin, Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers, Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction.

For Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Annette Bening in Nyad, Lily Gladstone and Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Huller in Anatomy of a Fall, Carey Mulligan in Maestro, and Emma Stone in Poor Things.

For Achievement in Directing, the nominees are Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall, martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon, Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer, Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things, and Jonathan Glazer, the Zone of Interest.

And now for our final category.

I can’t wait. Let’s read them together. The nominees for best motion picture of the year are…

American Fiction, Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson, producers.

Anatomy of a Fall, Marie-Ange Luciani, and David Thion.

Barbie, David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, producers.

The Holdovers, Mark Johnson, producer

Killers of the Flower Moon, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, producers.

Maestro, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers.

Oppenheimer, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, producers.

Past Lives, David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, producers.

Poor Things, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Emma Stone, producers

And the Zone of Interest, James Wilson, producer.

Congratulations to this year’s nominees.

It’s been an honor to be with all of you this morning, and to all the nominees, as we say in the biz, break a Leg.

Good luck to all the nominees. Watch the Oscars live with host Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, March 10th. This year, the show will start at a new time, beginning one hour earlier at 7:00 PM Eastern and 4:00 PM Pacific on ABC. We look forward to celebrating with you.